long time

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With hantavirus, the incubation period can take up to six weeks, so people must be isolated for a really long time to ensure they won’t get sick and start infecting others.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

"More fossils will help us tell the story of what happened to our ancestors a long time ago -- but because we're the survivors we know that it happened to us."

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

“New gas tenders in Germany have been a long time coming but there is now a clear pathway to these tenders and bringing the required additional baseload capacity online,” they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Because there are so few hantavirus cases, "you need a very long time to have a minimally decent number to draw conclusions," according to Lazaro.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

It was a long time before he was free to come away with us, so many people wanted to embrace him, to shake his hand and thump his back.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom